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Jack Starrett (November 2, 1936 – March 27, 1989) was an American actor and film director. He is credited as Claude Ennis Starrett, Jr. in some of his films. Starrett is perhaps best known for his role as Gabby Johnson, a parody of George "Gabby" Hayes, in the 1974 classic parody film Blazing Saddles and is also known for his role as the brutal deputy Art Galt in the 1982 action film First Blood. He also played the cruel foreman Swick in The River. Starrett was often typecast as a tough-talking police officer and played essentially the same character in a trio of biker films: The Born Losers (the film that introduced Billy Jack), Hells Angels on Wheels (both from 1967), and Angels from Hell (1968). He acted in another biker film, Hell's Bloody Devils (1970), and directed two more: Run, Angel, Run in 1969 and Nam's Angels (1970) as well as the horror film Race with the Devil (1975), in which he also played a gas station attendant.
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Birth name Claude Ennis Starrett, Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 2 november 1936 at Refugio (USA)
Death 27 march 1989 (at 52 years) at Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 2 november 1936 at Refugio (USA)
Death 27 march 1989 (at 52 years) at Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles (USA)
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The River (1984)
, 1h59Directed by Mark Rydell
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Sissy Spacek, Mel Gibson, Scott Glenn, Billy "Green" Bush, James Tolkan, Frank Hoyt Taylor
Roles Swick
Rating62%
Mae et Tom Garvey - jeune couple d'agriculteurs - sont confrontés, comme nombre de leurs collègues, aux difficultés de survie des fermes familiales indépendantes. C'est l'affrontement avec les autorités locales qui voudraient racheter les terres, par l'intermédiaire de Joe Wade (ancien ami de Mae) ; de plus, les fermiers subissent des inondations catastrophiques. Pour gagner un peu d'argent, Tom accepte un travail au loin, en usine...
First Blood (1982)
, 1h30Directed by Ted Kotcheff
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Politique, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Political films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, Bill McKinney, David Caruso, Jack Starrett
Roles Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt
Rating76%
John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) is a Vietnam War veteran. In December 1981, seven years after he was discharged, he travels by foot to visit one of his old comrades, only to learn upon his arrival that his friend had died from cancer due to Agent Orange exposure during the war.
The Rose (1979)
, 2h5Directed by Mark Rydell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton, David Keith, Jack Starrett
Roles Dee
Rating68%
In late 1969, Mary Rose Foster (Bette Midler) is a famous rock and roll diva known as The Rose. Although a success, she is burnt out and lonely but is kept working by her gruff, greedy manager and promoter Rudge Campbell (Alan Bates). Though loud and brassy, Rose is an insecure alcoholic and former drug user who seems to crave approval in her life. As such, she is determined to return to her hometown, now as a superstar. After being humiliated by a country singing star named Billy Ray (Harry Dean Stanton) whose songs she performs in her show, Rose takes off with a limousine driver named Houston Dyer (Frederic Forrest) and begins a romance with him. Rudge thinks Houston is just another hanger on, but Rose thinks she has finally met her true love. Houston tells her that he is actually an AWOL sergeant from the Army, and she tells him of her past in Florida. They have a rocky relationship and her lifestyle of "Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll" and constant touring lead her to an inevitable breakdown. Houston and Rose break up and she returns to her hometown with an escort where she tells him about her past. Finally, Rose collapses on stage from a fatal drug overdose (on alcohol, barbiturates and heroin) in the opening minutes of her long-awaited homecoming concert in Jacksonville Florida.
Mr. Horn (1979)
, 3hDirected by Jack Starrett
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors David Carradine, Richard Masur, Richard Widmark, Karen Black, Pat McCormick, Jack Starrett
Roles Gen. George Crook
Rating63%
Tom Horn's life is covered from his early days as an army scout, to his time as a Pinkerton agent, concluding with the events surrounding his death by hanging in 1903.
A Small Town in Texas (1976)
, 1h36Directed by Jack Starrett
Origin USA
Genres Action
Actors Bo Hopkins, Susan George, Timothy Bottoms, Morgan Woodward, John Karlen, Art Hindle
Roles Buford Tyler
Rating55%
La Vengeance aux tripes : Dans une petite ville du Sud des États-Unis, un shérif véreux soutient un ex-détenu dans un trafic de drogue mais s'approprie sa petite amie...
Race with the Devil (1975)
, 1h28Directed by Jack Starrett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit, Lara Parker, R.G. Armstrong, Paul A. Partain
Roles Gas Station Attendant
Rating65%
Roger Marsh (Peter Fonda) and Frank Stewart (Warren Oates) own a successful motorcycle dealership in San Antonio, Texas. Together, with their wives Kelly and Alice (Lara Parker, Loretta Swit), along with Roger and Kelly’s small dog, they leave San Antonio in a recreational vehicle (RV) for a much anticipated ski vacation in Aspen, Colorado.
Blazing Saddles (1974)
, 1h29Directed by Mel Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Themes Films about films
Actors Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, Mel Brooks
Roles Gabby Johnson
Rating76%
In the American Old West of 1874, construction on a new railroad led by Lyle (Burton Gilliam) runs into quicksand. The route has to be changed, which will require it to go through Rock Ridge, a frontier town where everyone has the last name of "Johnson" (including a "Howard Johnson," a "Dr. Samuel Johnson," a "Van Johnson" and an "Olson N. Johnson"). The conniving State Attorney General Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman) – who constantly has to correct people who call him "Hedy", the name of a movie star, instead of "Hedley" – wants to buy the land along the new railroad route cheaply by driving out the townspeople. He sends a gang of thugs, led by his flunky assistant Taggart (Slim Pickens), to scare them away, prompting the townsfolk to demand that Governor William J. Le Petomane (Mel Brooks) appoint a new sheriff. Lamarr persuades the dim-witted Le Petomane to select Bart (Cleavon Little), a black railroad worker who was about to be hanged, as he believes a black lawman will so offend the townspeople that they will either abandon Rock Ridge or lynch the new sheriff, with either result paving the way for him to take over the town.
The Dion Brothers (1974)
, 1h34Directed by Jack Starrett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Stacy Keach, Frederic Forrest, Margot Kidder, Barry Primus, Denny Miller, Richard Romanus
Roles Gentleman Rancher (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
Rating66%
Two West Virginia brothers quit their jobs as coal miners to make their fortune from armed robbery.
Kid Blue (1973)
, 1h40Directed by James Frawley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Actors Dennis Hopper, Warren Oates, Peter Boyle, Ben Johnson, Lee Purcell, Janice Rule
Roles Tough Guy (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
Rating62%
Bickford Waner (Hopper) who has failed as a train robber, decides to go straight and get an honest job. He arrives in Dime Box, Texas to find work. He's befriended by Reese Ford (Oates) and his wife Molly (Lee Purcell). Molly seduces Bickford getting herself pregnant and making her husband miserable, feeling betrayed by his best friend. Mean John, (Ben Johnson) the sheriff is right on top of the whole plot, recognizing Kid Blue for what he really is, in spite of his trying to change his character. Another friend that Kid Blue has is the town's preacher Bob, (Peter Boyle) who does an excellent acting job.
The Losers (1970)
, 1h35Directed by Jack Starrett
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Transport films, Political films, Road movies
Actors William Smith, Bernie Hamilton, Adam Roarke, Paul Koslo, Vic Díaz, Alan Caillou
Roles Chet Davis (uncredited)
Rating53%
The plot involves a gang of Hells Angels type bikers called "The Devil's Advocates" involved in the Vietnam War. They are sent to the Cambodian jungle on Yamaha bikes in order to rescue an American diplomat/CIA Agent (Starrett).
Cry Blood Apache (1970)
Directed by Jack Starrett
Genres Action, Western
Actors Joel McCrea, Jody McCrea, Daniel Richard Kemp, Robert Tessier, Jack Starrett
Roles The Deacon
Rating34%
Racontant l'histoire de sa jeunesse en flashback, un ancien prospecteur (Joel McCrea, avec des séquences de flashback mettant en vedette son fils Jody) explique son massacre brutal d'une tribu d'Indiens. La seule survivante (Marie Gahua) accepte de le conduire vers une mine d'or secrète.
The Gay Deceivers (1969)
, 1h37Directed by Bruce Kessler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Brooke Bundy, Jo Ann Harris, Lawrence P. Casey, Michael Greer, Jack Starrett, Richard Webb
Roles Colonel Dixon
Rating58%
The Gay Deceivers follows Danny and Elliot, two friends who try to get out of the draft by pretending to be gay. They're placed under surveillance by the Army and have to keep up the pretense. They move into a gay apartment building and try to blend in with the residents, all the while trying to maintain their romantic relationships with women and not get caught by the Army.
Angels from Hell (1968)
, 1h26Directed by Bruce Kessler
Origin USA
Genres Action
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Arlene Martel, Ted Markland, Jack Starrett, Tom Stern, Pepper Martin, Sharmagne Leland-St. John
Roles Bingham
Rating49%
A former motorcycle gang leader, Mike (Tom Stern), returns home from Vietnam to resume his life and form a new motorcycle gang. Using all his gathered experience as a hero from the war he tries to unite all the existing motorcycle gangs in the neighborhood and put together a brand new, super outlaw gang. They beat a road police officer who wants to give them a parking ticket. Although the sheriff tries to calm everybody down, things are not going down well. Very soon Mike faces big trouble when Speed, one of his gang members, is stopped on fake possession charges and murdered on retaliation. The trouble intensifies when an all-out cop against biker war breaks out.
Hells Angels on Wheels (1967)
, 1h30Directed by Richard Rush
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Motocyclette, Road movies
Actors Adam Roarke, Jack Nicholson, Jack Starrett, Bruno VeSota, John Cardos
Roles Sagt. Bingham
Rating51%
The Angels first take note of "Poet" (Jack Nicholson) after one of them inadvertently damages his motorcycle and breaks its headlight. Poet, with far more guts than brains, challenges the Angel that hit his motorcycle. This is an act that would traditionally result in every Angel present participating in a group beating of the attacker. "When a non-Angel hits an Angel, all Angels retaliate." But the leader of the Angels, Buddy (Adam Roarke), intervenes and tells Poet that the Angels will replace the headlight. In the meantime, he's welcome to ride with them while they take care of business—which turns out to be going to a bar and beating up the members of another club who previously beat an Angel.
The Born Losers (1967)
, 1h53Directed by Tom Laughlin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Western
Themes Transport films, Motocyclette, Road movies
Actors Jeremy Slate, Tom Laughlin, Jack Starrett, Jane Russell, Stuart Lancaster, Robert Tessier
Roles Deputy Fred
Rating59%
Billy Jack is introduced as an enigmatic, half-Indian Vietnam War veteran who shuns society, taking refuge in the peaceful solitude of the California Central Coast mountains. His troubles begin when he descends from this unspoiled setting and drives into a small beach town named Big Rock (Morro Bay). A minor traffic accident in which a motorist hits a motorcyclist results in a savage beating by members of the Born Losers Motorcycle Club. The horrified bystanders (including Laughlin's wife, Delores Taylor, and their two children in cameo roles) are too afraid to help or be involved in any way. Billy Jack jumps into the fray and rescues the man by himself. At this point the police arrive and arrest Billy for using a rifle to stop the fight. (The irony here is that, unknown to Billy, the motorist is the one who starts the fight by inexplicably insulting one of the bikers.